CVE-2014-4014

2014-06-2300:00:00

ubuntu.com

6.2 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.4%

JSON

The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not
properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows
local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user
namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group
ownership of root.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1329103>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 13.10 preview kernels android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.04 preview kernels

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu13.10noarchlinux< 3.11.0-26.45UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-35.62UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-quantal< 3.5.0-54.81~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-raring< 3.8.0-44.66~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-saucy< 3.11.0-26.45~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-35.62~precise1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	13.10	noarch	linux	< 3.11.0-26.45	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-35.62	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-quantal	< 3.5.0-54.81~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-raring	< 3.8.0-44.66~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-saucy	< 3.11.0-26.45~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-35.62~precise1	UNKNOWN